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Dessert Recipes

Discover your new favorite dessert recipes! Made from scratch with seasonal fresh fruits, edible flowers and herbs, and real ingredients, these sweet treats will be baked in your kitchen again and again.

From cookies and cake, to muffins and bars, even fruity cobblers, crisps, and galettes you will find sure-to-impress dessert recipes like Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies, Blueberry Cornmeal Skillet Cake, Lemon and Rosemary Shortbread, and Calendula and Thyme Shortbread.

Mushroom Cookies with Maple Icing and Candy Cap Mushrooms

These mushroom cookies are so fun to make and are super cute! The dough is made with dried candy cap mushrooms, which have a nice maple flavor. I use maple sugar in the dough and maple syrup icing that is so easy and delicious. Mushroom cookies are perfect for the holidays or any time of…

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Spiced Persimmon Bread with Honey and Ginger

This persimmon bread with honey and candied ginger is moist, sweet, and spicy. The persimmons and honey give this bread a sweet rich flavor, while the candied ginger gives a bit of a kick in every bite. It’s satisfying in every way! Persimmons: A Fall & Winter Fruit As we head into the winter months…

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Lemon Bars with Honey and Fresh Thyme (gluten free & paleo)

These delicious and extra lemony lemon bars are gluten free and made without refined sugar! They are made with honey and fresh thyme and are the perfect dessert to whip up during citrus season. As an added bonus, these lemon bars with honey and fresh thyme are gluten free and paleo! Herbal Citrus Recipes When…

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Dandelion Root Muffins (paleo & gluten free)

{This post is sponsored by iHerb} Dandelion root is one of my favorite medicinal herbs to use for many reasons. It is great for digestion and can be used to make digestive bitters. It is also a tonic for the liver and is high in many trace vitamins and minerals. When dandelion root is roasted…

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Zucchini Spice Bread (Made With Butter)

We all know that fall is all about pumpkin spice everything, but why don’t we have a zucchini spice craze in the summertime? I’m about to change that! Zucchini is abundant in gardens everywhere, and can be used in yummy baked goods like this zucchini spice bread made with butter. Zucchini Bread Made with Butter…

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A cake with rhubarb slices caramelized on the top, on a mint green plate sitting on a light wood surface.

Rhubarb Upside Down Cake

This rhubarb upside down cake is easy to make, beautiful, and delicious! It’s a little bit sweet and a little bit tart – the perfect spring dessert when rhubarb is in season. Baking with Rhubarb Rhubarb is an interesting vegetable that is most commonly eaten as a fruit. It is tart and delicious with an…

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Conifer Needle Shortbread: Foraged Holiday Cookies

Foraging in the wintertime can sometimes be difficult, but there are always conifer needles! Any recipe that uses conifer needles really intrigues me, so I thought it was time for me to make something with them myself. These festive foraged conifer needle shortbread cookies are perfect for the holidays! They’re crisp and crumbly, the perfect…

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Skillet Peach and Blackberry Cobbler

Topped with vanilla ice cream, this skillet peach and blackberry cobbler is the best summer dessert! It is simple to make and easily adaptable, perfect for last minute company, or if you decide on a whim that you want a tasty treat. Learn how to make traditional skillet cobbler, a delicious fruit dessert! Blackberries for…

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Wild Berry and Nectarine Galette with Goat Cheese and Fresh Thyme

This wild berry and nectarine galette recipe is an easy summer recipe that’s hard for anyone to resist. Use foraged salal berries, or your favorite foraged or fresh wild berries, then serve warm with vanilla ice cream and you’ll be everyone’s friend for life! Berries to Use (Wild or Not) You might have seen my…

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Plum Upside Down Cake with Lavender Whipped Cream

This plum and lemon upside down cake is the perfect easy dessert recipe for summertime entertaining. It’s baked in a cast iron skillet, then topped with an amazing homemade lavender whipped cream. Delicious! Plums, Lemon, and Lavender I had a bowl of little yellow and red plums sitting on my counter for almost a week….

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